New Pulp is a broad term for stories written by modern authors that capture the style, spirit, and sensibility of the fiction that appeared in the pulp magazines. We concentrate on written prose rather than comics or sequential art, and we define New Pulp as stories set during the pulp era, or science-fiction, fantasy, horror, and other pulp genres written from the perspective of that era — not contemporary stories with a present-day sensibility. (That would just be regular fiction.)
The stories may feature new adventures of classic pulp characters, or new characters created in the pulp tradition.
Many of the purveyors of classic pulp magazines and material also carry New Pulp books — browse their sites when you’re shopping for newly-written adventures.
If you know of a New Pulp publisher we’ve left out, please tell us about it.
- Adventures in Bronze
- Will Murray’s authorized new pulp adventures — including Doc Savage, Tarzan, The Spider, The Shadow, and others — fall squarely into the New Pulp category, despite their direct link to the original pulp era. This website keeps you up to date on the series, published through Steeger Books.
- Airship 27
- Airship 27 Productions, headed by writer Ron Fortier and art director Rob Davis, is one of the major New Pulp publishers, with more than 200 titles in its catalog. Their books feature new adventures of classic pulp heroes — including Sherlock Holmes, The Black Bat, Bulldog Drummond, and the Domino Lady — alongside original characters such as Fortier’s Brother Bones. This page is Airship 27’s online catalog and storefront.
- All Pulp
- All Pulp calls itself “your source to the who, what, when, where, and how of the modern pulp revival.” You’ll find publication announcements, links to podcasts, and commentary by a variety of contributors, covering both the classic pulp magazines and New Pulp publications.
- Barry Reese
- He’s a veritable New Pulp factory. Barry Reese has been turning out books based on a variety of original characters — Lazarus Gray, The Peregrine, The Gravedigger, The Strawman — and others for almost 20 years. Catch up on his latest works and fictional timelines here.
- Black Coat Press
- Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier’s press published 20 volumes of its long-running Tales of the Shadowmen anthology series that featured new stories of classic French and international pulp heroes such as Arsène Lupin, Fantômas, Harry Dickson, and the Nyctalope, alongside American characters such as Solomon Kane and Doc Ardan. Black Coat also publishes English translations of French pulp fiction largely unknown in the United States.
- Black Hood Press
- Black Hood Press is a digital publishing house of original New Pulp fiction. You’ll find New Pulp adventures of “daring heroes, twisted villains, and gorgeous dames.”
- Dare Devlin: Supreme Adventurer
- Meet Dare Devlin, Dafydd Neal Dyar’s homage to a certain man of bronze. Learn more about Dyar’s replacement for his earlier Doc Hazzard character.
- Flinch! Books
- Flinch! Books specializes in fast-paced, action-adventure anthologies and the Midnight Guardian and the Sgt. Janus series. The site includes a news section covering the publisher’s projects.
- Moonstone Books
- Originally a comic book publisher, Moonstone has branched out into books and New Pulp. It lists collections of new stories featuring The Spider, The Avenger, Zorro, The Black Bat, The Domino Lady, The Phantom Detective, and others.
- PULPlications!
- PULPlications! is publishing several New Pulp series, including Dare Devlin, Carter McCloud, and B’hem.
- Stormgate Press
- Publisher/writer Charles F. Millhouse puts out his own New Pulp books, including his Captain Hawklin series, and Pulp Reality, an anthology fanzine, through this imprint.
- Veritas Entertainment
- Veritas Entertainment publishes original genre fiction anthologies in the pulp tradition, including Veritas Noir, a collection of modern crime and noir stories in the tradition of Chandler, Cain, and Hammett, and Western Tales, a collection of frontier fiction. The site also sells Veritas-branded mercha.
- White Rocket Books
- Van Allen Plexico’s imprint specializes in science fiction, fantasy, New Pulp, and nonfiction. There’s also a podcast, hosted by Plexico, that discusses pop culture.
